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Thai rebels excluded from talks take responsibility for Ramadan bombings

16 Apr 2022 16 Apr 2022

By Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai rebels sidelined from peace talks claimed responsibility on Saturday for deadly bombings in the country’s Muslim-majority deep south that broke a Ramadan holiday agreed between the main rebel group and the government. The two explosions on Friday, which killed a civilian and injured three policemen, were carried out …

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Australia PM vows to seek anti-corruption watchdog

16 Apr 2022 16 Apr 2022

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Saturday he would seek to establish an anti-corruption watchdog if re-elected next month, hitting out at the opposition Labor’s plan. Ahead of the May 21 general election, Morrison has come under pressure from Labor to set up a federal integrity commission, which he first promised …

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Ukraine says fighting rages in Mariupol, blasts rattle Kyiv

16 Apr 2022 16 Apr 2022

By Pavel Polityuk and Elizabeth Piper KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Friday it was trying to break Russia’s siege of Mariupol as fighting raged around the city’s massive steel works and port, and the capital Kyiv was rocked by some of the most powerful explosions in two weeks. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the military …

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Shanghai turns residences into COVID isolation facilities, sparking protest

16 Apr 2022 16 Apr 2022

By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Shanghai is converting residential buildings into quarantine centres to house a mounting number of COVID-19 cases, but the move is sparking anger and protest from neighbours worried they are being put at increased risk of infection. In an incident livestreamed on Thursday afternoon on Chinese messaging platform WeChat, about …

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Pakistan’s new govt decides not to roll back fuel, power subsidies

15 Apr 2022 15 Apr 2022

By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam and Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan’s new government on Friday decided not to roll back billions in fuel subsidies for the time being despite the strain on public funds, citing the possible backlash if it were to raise fuel prices just days after taking power. Former premier Imran Khan, who was …

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China’s Xian imposes temporary, partial lockdown to fight Omicron flare-up

15 Apr 2022 15 Apr 2022

BEIJING (Reuters) – The northwestern Chinese city of Xian said on Friday it will temporarily impose a partial lockdown to reduce its 13 million residents’ movement, after reporting dozens of COVID-19 infections this month, as China fights a record wave of cases. Since March, mainland China has been grappling with the worst COVID-19 outbreak since …

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Ukraine agrees to financial support from Japan, Canada

15 Apr 2022 15 Apr 2022

(Reuters) – Ukraine has agreed to receive 13 billion yen in financial support from the Japanese government and also signed an agreement for 500 million Canadian dollars in support from Canada, Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmygal said on Friday. “These are funds to finance our primary needs …. We are negotiating assistance at all levels …

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Chinese truckers left stranded for days at highway exit by hardline COVID curbs

15 Apr 2022 15 Apr 2022

By Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) – Earlier this month Chinese truck driver Dong Zhigang finished a job in the coastal city of Nantong and began what should have been a four-hour journey north to his home village in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province. On Friday, nine sticky days in his cab later, he still had not …

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China starts cleanup of live-streaming, short video platforms

15 Apr 2022 15 Apr 2022

HONG KONG (Reuters) -China’s internet watchdog on Friday started a two-month special campaign to clean up “chaos” in online live-streaming and short video businesses, part of a broader plan to promote what is deemed as appropriate and legal content. As the starting point, the focus will be to rectify content that is “pornographic, ugly, strange, …

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In latest gaming crackdown, China bans livestreaming of unauthorised titles

15 Apr 2022 15 Apr 2022

By Sophie Yu and Josh Ye BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) -China said on Friday the livestreaming of unauthorised video games was banned, signalling stricter enforcement of rules as part of its broad crackdown on the gaming industry aimed at purging content the government does not approve of. The National Radio and Television Administration said platforms of …

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